NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Kansas City Kings110–122Detroit Pistons

Kansas City Kings at Detroit Pistons

Date: Saturday 20 January 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 279th meetingof 372 played

Kansas City Kings

Kansas City Kings box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Phil Ford	38:00	8–21	9–10	—	—	5	6	3	0	3	25
Scott Wedman	37:00	8–16	2–2	—	—	4	0	1	2	1	18
Otis Birdsong	37:00	7–18	2–2	—	—	7	5	2	0	4	16
Sam Lacey	29:00	4–6	0–0	—	—	4	3	1	3	5	8
Darnell Hillman	23:00	2–5	4–4	—	—	3	1	0	1	5	8
Bill Robinzine	21:00	3–6	0–0	—	—	8	0	1	0	6	6
Tom Burleson	18:00	3–6	1–2	—	—	4	2	0	0	4	7
Bob Nash	15:00	5–8	2–3	—	—	4	1	1	0	4	12
Marlon Redmond	11:00	3–4	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	6
Billy McKinney	10:00	2–7	0–0	0	0	0	3	1	0	2	4
Gus Gerard	1:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	240:00	45–97	20–23	0	0	39	22	10	6	35	110

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Bob Lanier	41:00	10–17	7–8	—	—	9	3	0	3	3	27
John Long	41:00	12–17	1–1	—	—	4	0	3	0	2	25
M.L. Carr	39:00	6–16	9–12	—	—	7	6	2	2	2	21
Kevin Porter	31:00	7–14	4–7	—	—	3	4	0	0	6	18
Leon Douglas	31:00	5–7	3–3	—	—	9	2	0	0	5	13
Terry Tyler	22:00	3–6	2–2	—	—	7	1	1	2	4	8
Andre Wakefield	22:00	1–6	0–0	—	—	6	6	1	0	3	2
Essie Hollis	5:00	1–3	0–0	—	—	1	0	0	0	1	2
Larry McNeill	4:00	1–1	4–4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	6
Steve Sheppard	4:00	0–1	0–0	—	—	1	0	1	0	0	0
Team totals	240:00	46–88	30–37	0	0	47	23	8	7	27	122

This season

Detroit Pistons 2, Sacramento Kings 2 in NBA 1978-79.

27 Oct 1978Kansas City Kings 102–107 Detroit Pistons
9 Dec 1978Detroit Pistons 108–132 Kansas City Kings
20 Jan 1979110–122 this game
2 Feb 1979Detroit Pistons 114–130 Kansas City Kings

Records going in

Kansas City Kings: 28–16
Detroit Pistons: 14–31

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Detroit Pistons 186, Sacramento Kings 186.

9 Dec 1978Detroit Pistons 108–132 Kansas City Kings
2 Feb 1979Detroit Pistons 114–130 Kansas City Kings

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.